Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly
# Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

| World record | Liu Zige (CHN) | 2:01.81 | Jinan, China | 21 October 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | 2:03.41 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |
| Games record | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | 2:06.09 | Melbourne, Australia | 21 March 2006 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 April | Final | Alys Thomas | Wales | 2:05.45 | GR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held at 11:42.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Alys Thomas | Wales | 2:07.72 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Laura Taylor | Australia | 2:08.43 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Mabel Zavaros | Canada | 2:08.71 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 2:09.55 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Brianna Throssell | Australia | 2:09.93 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Charlotte Atkinson | Isle of Man | 2:09.95 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Laura Stephens | England | 2:11.18 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Emily Large | England | 2:11.35 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Hannah Miley | Scotland | 2:11.53 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Keanna MacInnes | Scotland | 2:11.78 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Dune Coetzee | South Africa | 2:12.38 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Aimee Willmott | England | 2:12.40 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Helena Gasson | New Zealand | 2:13.25 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Harriet Jones | Wales | 2:14.35 | |
| | 2 | 8 | Alania Suttie | Samoa | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 21:28.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Alys Thomas | Wales | 2:05.45 | GR |
| | 5 | Laura Taylor | Australia | 2:07.39 | |
| | 6 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 2:08.05 | |
| 4 | 7 | Charlotte Atkinson | Isle of Man | 2:08.50 | |
| 5 | 2 | Brianna Throssell | Australia | 2:08.82 | |
| 6 | 3 | Mabel Zavaros | Canada | 2:09.20 | |
| 7 | 8 | Emily Large | England | 2:10.96 | |
| 8 | 1 | Laura Stephens | England | 2:11.46 | |
